Friday Poll: What's Your Favorite Movie Quote That Is Applicable

    • 1373 posts
    May 15, 2015 12:15 AM PDT

    Happy Friday, everyone!

    What do you get when two radio sales veterans who are movie buffs start talking?  The idea for this week's poll question. 

    My dad, Rod, was on the phone with Daryl McIntire, sales manager of a radio station in Indianapolis, when the conversation turned to movies, and the two began comparing notes on movie quotes that could apply to the world of sales.  For example, Yoda's bit of wisdom, "There is no try. Only do." And that famous line from The Godfather:  "It's not personal. It's business."

    So . . . what's your favorite movie quote that is applicable to sales?

    Hope you have fun with this . . . looking forward to reading the replies and seeing how many movie lines I'm familiar with!

    • 3 posts
    May 15, 2015 3:14 AM PDT

    "Coffee is for closers." Glengarry Glen Ross.

    • 3 posts
    May 15, 2015 5:52 AM PDT

    "Go ahead....make my day."

    • 11 posts
    May 15, 2015 6:37 AM PDT

    Too many quotes, many from Monty Python - ahem.  "I'm not dead yet".

    • 8 posts
    May 15, 2015 7:39 AM PDT

    "A, Always

    B, Be

    C, Closing

    Always Be Closing!"

    Glen Garry Glen Ross

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    May 15, 2015 8:46 AM PDT

    From Gone With the Wind:  "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."... i.e., there are many firsts and

    this was the first swear word the Board of Review allowed to remain in a U.S. Film for Public Viewing! 

  • May 15, 2015 9:42 AM PDT

    Love the quote from the movie Cool Hand Luke:  "what we have here is a failure to communicate."

    Relates to sales discussions, no?

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    May 15, 2015 10:21 AM PDT

    Ha! Absolutely! :-)

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    May 15, 2015 10:36 AM PDT

    I love the line from Billy Crystal in City Slickers..."I sell air".

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    May 15, 2015 8:45 PM PDT

    "A man's got to know his limitations." -- Dirty Harry Callahan

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    May 18, 2015 7:00 AM PDT
    "you are a sad strange little man... And you have my pity" Toy Story


    "Don't let anyone tell you what you can and can't do... Not even me." Pursuit of Happyness
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    May 18, 2015 8:39 AM PDT

    To paraphrase the line from Stripes:  "We're a lean, mean selling machine!"

  • May 20, 2015 10:38 AM PDT

    This is a clip from The Big Kahuna (not family safe) and totally accurate.

    https://youtu.be/2S8FhT1CLOQ

  • May 20, 2015 10:45 AM PDT

    And one more   also NSFW!!!!

    https://youtu.be/izOIOvguncU

    From The Boiler Room

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    May 20, 2015 11:37 AM PDT

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    May 20, 2015 12:13 PM PDT

    From Boiler Room (2000):

    "A sale is made on every call you make. Either you sell the client some stock or he sells you a reason he can't. Either way a sale is made, the only question is who is gonna close?"

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    May 20, 2015 12:17 PM PDT

    "Just keep swimming."